kidnapping

A badly beaten woman who was kidnapped from Tennessee on Saturday was rescued in Slidell, La. after she sent a text message to her sister.

Manning and the father of the two children were scheduled to appear for a custody hearing in Oklahoma tomorrow.

Ackal's office reports that multiple tips were called in from the public about suspect Montana Doice's vehicle.

Benjamin Landry turned himself into police yesterday.

Lafayette Police Corporal Paul Mouton says 41-year-old Steven Myers has been released from the hospital and has been booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center for Attempted 1st Degree Murder and Aggravated Criminal Damage to Property.

A 16-year-old Florida girl is in a Lafayette hospital in critical condition and suffering from multiple stab wounds after a high speed chase that started in Iberville Parish.

The two U.S. Mariners who were taken captive by pirates last month have been released to the FBI.

The friends and family actually came into contact with the victim and the suspect in or out of the house.

Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of Scott W.Thomas or Bethany Arceneaux, the victim, to contact Lafayette Police or Crime Stoppers at 232-TIPS.

If two teenagers were looking for a way to impress a woman who caught their eye, they sure found one.

Convicted Cleveland kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro was found dead late Tuesday in his prison cell in Ohio. The New York Daily News reports the 52-year-old hung himself.

The DCFS was granted legal custody of the child on July 9 of this year.